This book is an assessment of narrative technique in contemporary British fiction, focusing on the experimental use of the demotic voice (regional or national dialects). The book examines the work of James Kelman, Graham Swift, Will Self and Martin Amis, amongst many others, from a practical as well as theoretical perspective.
Autorentext
JEREMY SCOTT lectures at the University of Kent, UK. He has published articles on stylistics and narratology, fictional technique and contemporary fiction. He has also published several short stories.
Inhalt
Contents Acknowledgements Introduction: A Story so Far? Paradigms: a Taxonomy of Narrative Technique Antecedents: 'The Right to Write a Voice' Graham Swift's Last Orders : the Polyphonic Novel How Late It Was, How Late for James Kelman's 'Folk Novel' Alan Warner: Art-speech and the Morvern Paradox The Demotic, the Mandarin and the Proletentious: Martin Amis, Will Self and English Art-speech Pitfalls and Potentialities: Niall Griffiths and Anne Donovan Conclusions: the Clamouring Continues Bibliography Index
Titel
The Demotic Voice in Contemporary British Fiction
Autor
EAN
9780230236882
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E-Book (pdf)
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Veröffentlichung
14.05.2009
Digitaler Kopierschutz
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3.38 MB
Anzahl Seiten
272
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